Lautrec was an unconventional portraitist who experimented with unusual viewpoints and asymmetrical compositions. Figures are often cropped and seem to enter the viewer’s space – visual devices which are evident in this portrait of Carmen Gaudin. The work also demonstrates Lautrec’s experiments with colour. He uses sketchy brush strokes in multiple shades to highlight Gaudin’s hair, her pale skin and blouse. He has added pink to her cheeks which, in combination with the brilliant red of her hair, contrasts with the blue-green shadows.

Lautrec was an unconventional portraitist who experimented with unusual viewpoints and asymmetrical compositions. Figures are often cropped and seem to enter the viewer’s space – visual devices which are evident in this portrait of Carmen Gaudin. The work also demonstrates Lautrec’s experiments with colour. He uses sketchy brush strokes in multiple shades to highlight Gaudin’s hair, her pale skin and blouse. He has added pink to her cheeks which, in combination with the brilliant red of her hair, contrasts with the blue-green shadows.

Lautrec was an unconventional portraitist who experimented with unusual viewpoints and asymmetrical compositions. Figures are often cropped and seem to enter the viewer’s space – visual devices which are evident in this portrait of Carmen Gaudin. The work also demonstrates Lautrec’s experiments with colour. He uses sketchy brush strokes in multiple shades to highlight Gaudin’s hair, her pale skin and blouse. He has added pink to her cheeks which, in combination with the brilliant red of her hair, contrasts with the blue-green shadows.